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Apple (AAPL) Gives Back

Monday, March 19th, 2012

12:35pm (EST)

After 17 years of waiting, Apple (AAPL, $598.36, up $12.79) has finally decided to pay a dividend to its shareholders again. The company announced plans to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share which should be payable sometime in the fourth quarter. Additionally, Apple said it will buy back some of its shares after announcing a $10 billion share repurchase program, also commencing later this year.

Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook said, “We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure. You’ll see more of all of these in the future”.

As far as a stock-split, no dice. We have talked about why companies SHOULD do stock-splits but Apple said it has no plans to do one any time soon. As a covered call investment, Apple would cost about $60,000 just to buy 100 shares which is the minimum needed to write options on. So, when we hear the arguments that stock-splits don’t matter, they do in some ways if you are trying to invest in a stock and write options on your investment.

The news has helped lift the Tech sector and the market in general.

The Dow is up 19 points to 13,251 while the S&P is higher by 6 points to 1,410. The Nasdaq is showing a 23 point pop and is at 3,078.

We still have a dozen or so trades that are open and they are adding to last week’s gains, so, we have to cut things short as we go check on our trades. One of our current trades from Friday is up 33% so we are going to lock-in HALF profits now. Subscribers, hit the Members Area for the updates.

Tags: AAPL dividend, Apple dividend, Covered Calls, iPad sales, new iPad
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 3/18/12

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

11:30pm (EST)

1. Market Summary

2. Apple Hits $600 as New iPad Makes Debut

3. Hershey (HSY) –Everybody Loves Chocolate

4. Earnings

5. Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update

6. Week Ahead

(To view the charts, please log into the Members Area and go to the Weekly Wrap Premium section)

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If you are not a subscriber but would like to read more please click here. We are one of the fastest growing stock options trading advisors on the internet and we are off to a great start for 2012. We offer 2-3 powerful call or put option trades each week (depending on market conditions) aimed at triple-digit returns for our Daily newsletter which is 35-11 over the first 3 months of 2012. Our list of winners include 131% and 114% on 2 MGM trades, 200% on SGMS, 107% on AFL, 100% on STX, 82% on TSM and 125% on MSFT just to name a few. We currently have 3 triple-digit winning call option trades, one a 300% winner and another is up 400%, that are still open in our portfolio. In other words, these solid gains could have turned a $10,000 trading account into $32,000 for a 220% return using our recommendations so far this year!

Our Weekly Wrap Covered Call Portfolio strides for double-digit returns on a monthly basis and is 17-0 for 2012. We were 16-0 in 2011. Even better, we could add another 4-5 winners in April! Some of our recent winners include 27% on CLNE, 17% on VVUS, 19% on MGM, 18% on DNDN, 20% on BAC, 55% on SZYM, and 20% on DAR. Remember, if you can make 20% on just 5 trades, you will double your money.

So what are you waiting for? Sign-up now and receive access instantly to our stock options trading recommendations!

Tags: stock options trading advisors, stock options trading recommendations
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Big Week For Bulls, What’s Next?

Friday, March 16th, 2012

12:55pm (EST)

Tomorrow is St. Patty’s Day and the bulls are trying to add some more green to this week’s gains. We have a lot to cover so let’s go over the numbers real quick.

The Dow is up 2 points to 13,255 while the S&P is higher by 2 points to 1,404. The Nasdaq is also up 2 points to 3,059. Maybe we should play 222 as a “pick 3” today as hot as we have been.

Here is a quick update for our portfolios.

This week has been one of our best week’s ever for the Daily publication. We are currently nursing open trades of 428%, 308%, and 118% to go along with the 35 winning trades we have closed for 2012.

We have been able to turn a $10,000 trading account into over $40,000 which is a return of over 300%. We seriously doubt any other option newsletter can match our results so far this year.

Not only have we had an incredible week for our Daily newsletter, our Weekly Wrap quietly continues to perform beyond our wildest expectations. We are on track to close up to 7 double-digit winners by the closing bell as the March options expire today. Take a look at the profits that could be coming our way if shares hold above the current strike price on the options we have sold.

magicJack VocalTec (CALL, $25.19, up $1.00) +19%

Bank of America (BAC, $9.58, up $0.34) +20%

Vivus (VVUS, $20.34, up $0.20) +38%

Alcoa (AA, $10.56, up $0.21) +17%

Symantec (SYMC, $18.11, down $0.09) +16%

Solazyme (SZYM, $15.66, down $0.19) +55%

MGM Resorts (MGM, $14.44, down $0.27) +13%

This will bring our 2012 Closed Trades for the Weekly Wrap to 19-0. If we include last year’s 16-0 mark, we could be 35-0 since started the newsletter a little over a year ago. Remember, our goal is to bring you solid double-digit profits every month with this publication no matter what the market is doing. If you can hit 5 winning trades for 20% or more you will double your money. The aforementioned covered call winners would have done just that for you.

We will give you our full track record this weekend as we are squaring-up a number of positions today. We did take a few hits on a few aggressive earnings trades but overall we should be 55-10 thru the first 3 months of 2012. Please note, and this is super important, we do not count half or quarter winning trades 2, 3, and 4 times. There are many option services that do this. If we did, our track record would be 85-10.

Other newsletters will also double down and tell you to buy more of a position if it is down and then they will average their cost down. However, if the trade is a loser, they will only count it once.

The bottom line is that most investment newsletters don’t have a track record because they give you so many trades hoping to hit on a few and they don’t trade their own account. They brag about the winners but won’t mention the losers.

We have auto-trading partners which verify our results and you can always request our current 2012 Track record by sending us an email if you are not a current subscriber.

Our reputation is built on trust and all of our trades are done in real time and are time dated. Our auto-trading partners get great fill prices on all of our trades for your account and your order is placed the instant our Trade Alerts go out. If you are a busy professional and can’t watch the market all day long, let our brokers do the work for you.

The reason we are telling you all of this is because we have been tired of listening to the Wall Street “pros” and talking heads that have gotten this market wrong and when it does crash they will tell you they were right. However, if and when there is a selloff, don’t get nervous. Remember, we can make just as much money to the downside as we can the upside. Just take a look at our 2008 portfolio, especially some of the returns on the Financial stock option trades.

We have a busy weekend ahead of us but the good news is our portfolio is light for both our Daily and Weekly Wrap which means we are ready to start our next batch of 50 trades. We will let the charts tell us which way the market is headed instead of trying to guess and wait for a pullback. The trend has been higher since the August lows and we have outlined clear support levels to watch for if there is a trend change. Until then, the trend is our friend.

We will be back Sunday night with the Weekly Wrap and we have updated our current trades one last time. Until then, have a great weekend everyone!

(Remember, we just ran a special for our Weekly Wrap so if you would like a 3-month trial at a 50% discount, please send us an email.)

Tags: AA, bac, CALL, Covered Calls, VVUS
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Make or Break Week for Bulls

Monday, March 12th, 2012

9:00am (EST)

“The big thing about trading ranges is that the longer the market or a stock stays in one, the bigger the breakout, or breakdown will be. We mentioned last week the S&P 500 has gone more than a month without a 1% drop but we also haven’t had that euphoric 3%-4% rally that gets everyone excited. After 5 weeks of flat action, we expect March to be much more volatile and at some point, we will likely see one last surge or we get the dip that everyone has been calling for over the last 2 months.” (END) 3/4/2012 Weekly Wrap…

The bears threw the kitchen sink at the bulls last week and stretched support but the bulls were able to battle back to reclaim these levels by Friday’s close for the most part. In other words, the bulls did enough to get the weekly win, as they pushed 3-out-of-4 of the major indexes higher.

We mentioned coming into the week the two marquee events that would move the market would be Apple’s (AAPL, $545.17, up $3.18) new iPad announcement and Friday’s jobs numbers. Both were impressive and helped stabilize the selling pressure and rebound from midweek on.

The 5-week trading range (blue boxes) was briefly busted like we predicted and last week’s charts were 6-month snapshots which showed 2 waves of support and were in green lines. This week we will focus on the 3-month charts and you will see the first wave of support, or uptrend line, in green again. The orange lines represent the overshoot of support and resistance which are in black lines. These charts are so easy to read and have been golden for months in giving us great market clues.

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If you are not a subscriber but would like to see our chart work or read more, please click here. We are one of the fastest growing stock options trading advisors on the internet and we are off to a great start for 2012. We offer 2-3 powerful call or put option trades each week (depending on market conditions) aimed at triple-digit returns for our Daily newsletter which is 30-5 over the first 2 months of 2012. Our list of winners include 131% and 114% on 2 MGM trades, 200% on SGMS, 107% on AFL, 100% on STX, 82% on TSM and 125% on MSFT just to name a few. In other words, these solid gains could have turned a $10,000 trading account into $32,000 for a 220% return using our recommendations.

Our Weekly Wrap Covered Call Portfolio strides for double-digit returns on a monthly basis and is 12-0 for 2012. We were 16-0 in 2011. Even better, we could add another 6-8 winners this week to run our Track Record to 34-0! Some of our recent winners include 27% on CLNE, 17% on VVUS, 19% on MGM, 18% on DNDN, and 20% on DAR. Remember, if you can make 20% on just 5 trades, you will double your money. This week, we could make up to 55% on one of our covered call recommendations while another trade on Vivus (VVUS, $20.66, down $0.59) will likley get us a 38% return as shares are $5 above the call option strike price we sold when we initiated the position. Sign-up now and get access instantly!

Tags: stock options trading advisors
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 3/11/12

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

11:00pm (EST)

1. Market Summary

2. Fusion-io (FIO) –A Company of the Future or Not

3. Obama-Buffett 2012?

4. Earnings

5. Weekly Wrap Portfolio Update

6. Week Ahead

(To view the charts, please log into the Members Area and go to the Weekly Wrap Premium section)

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If you are not a subscriber but would like to read more please click here. We are one of the fastest growing stock options trading advisors on the internet and we are off to a great start for 2012. We offer 2-3 powerful call or put option trades each week (depending on market conditions) aimed at triple-digit returns for our Daily newsletter which is 30-5 over the first 2 months of the year. Moreover, these profitable trades could have turned a $10,000 portfolio into over $30,000, or 200%, using our recommendations! Our list of winners include 131% and 114% on 2 MGM trades, 200% on SGMS, 107% on AFL, 100% on STX, 82% on TSM and 125% on MSFT just to name a few!

Our Weekly Wrap Covered Call Portfolio strides for double-digit returns on a monthly basis and went 16-0 for 2011. Even better, we are 12-0 for 2012 and could close up to a half-dozen double-digit winners on Friday, including two trades for nearly 40% and 55% gains, respectively. Sign-up now and receive access instantly to our stock options trading recommendations!

Tags: covered call writing, stock options trading
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Our updated 2012 Track Record is now at 85-18 for an 82% win rate. We have closed 24-straight winning option trades since late March!

Despite the recent volatility, we have given more "locks" to our subscribers than a Vegas bookie. If you started with a $10,000 trading account, our CLOSED option picks would have made you over 600% by now. In other words, YOUR $10,000 option trading account would be worth over $70,000 as we have become one of the most powerful option newsletters in the business. Our biggest trade of the year so far was hit in early May when shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) fell 50% after an earnings miss which made our subscribers 576% on the put options!

We DON"T count "half" closed trades twice, or "third" closed trades three times like other option newsletters do. Some option services will fluff their Track Records up by using these smoke-and-mirror tricks. They will also "average down" a losing trade in hopes of it coming back then will record the "average" price of the trade when it was really 2 bad trades. Most option websites DON'T have track records and say they give 300% winners. The devil is in the details.

We don't play these types of games which is why we have the most dedicated subscribers in the business because we have earned their trust. We have recommended 103 trades, 85 winners, 18 losers for 2012. Pretty simple and pretty powerful. We also have verified auto-trading partners who trade our recommendations for your account if you cannot watch the market. They will also tell you how good and how honest our service is.

Here are some of our other profitable triple-digit recommendations: Capital One (COF) call options +423% in 8 days, American Express (AXP) call options +310% in under 7 days, magicJack (CALL) call options +80% in 3 days, Microsoft (MSFT) call options +124%, STX call options +100% in 2 weeks, +114% and +131% on 2 MGM Resorts (MGM) call options trades in 3 weeks, +158% on Zynga (ZNGA) call options and +107% in Aflac (AFL) call options in 6 days. We also had a +200% winner with Scientific Games (SGMS). Some of our double-digit gains include +58% on WPRT calls, +80% on TSM and +38% on INT call options.

Our Weekly Wrap is 35-0 since the start of 2011 and is 17-0 for 2012. Some of our winners include +55% on Solazyme (SZYM), +27% on Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), +38% on Vivus (VVUS), +17% on MGM, +18% on Dendreon (DNDN), and +20% on Darling (DAR). Despite what the suit-and-ties say, you can make incredible gains trading the RIGHT covered calls.

Over the past 5 years we are averaging a 75% winning percentage for all our trades despite volatile, flat and choppy markets. Come see why some of Wall Street's pros are following us instead of the Journal!

Here are some of our profitable 2011 recommendations: ORLY call options +191%, VMW call options +100%, JOYG call options +169%; GS put options +184%; FDX put options +164%; OXY put options +74%; +137% on RIMM put options, +1,167% on RMBS puts in 11 days, +296% on FCX calls; +157% on ZAGG calls; +110% on LNKD puts; +133% on RLD put options.

You can also request our Track Records to see all years by entering your email address which will allow you access to the portfolios.

If you are missing these juicy profits, come give us a try. Get your password to our Members Area instantly when you sign up TODAY! One profitable trade will easily pay for your membership. You can request our 2008-2011 Track Records by sending us an email or filling out the box below. 665 Total Trades; 459 WINNERS or 7-out-of-10.

REGINA L.
I just want you to know that I love the way you write and explain everything. I am new to this, and have lost 50% of my account until I met you guys. Iit is slowly coming back. I will be calling to set up a year
of membership rather than the one quarter. Thanks again, and LOVE YOU ALL.

STEVE T.
Rick, I appreciate the advice. I think I will just sit back and utilize your selections only for awhile. This will obviously save me a great deal of money in commissions. I have gone thru your entire site including the video on money management. This has brought me to the stark realization that I have been trading too much for too little. I definitely have not been "swinging for the fences", but I also think I have been getting impatient with trades and getting out too fast. This has no doubt caused me too trade too much. I like, and definitely agree on, the advice on money management. Thanks for the help.

SCOTT H.
Thank you!!! I held on to the NFLX position since Nov. 13 at a cost of $1.89. Sold ½ on April 14th for a 540% return and the other ½ upon earnings for 702% return. Total profit of $11,615 a 621% return. Keep the recommendations coming and thanks to you and your team for the service you provide.

PETER G.
Rick & Team, GREAT Call on NKE for my two trading accounts:
1) Entry at .65, out at 1.45, 1.55 Profit = $415
2) Entry at .60, out at 1.75, 1.50 Profit = $485

LAWRENCE O.
Hey Rick! Here is an update on what your picks have done in my accounts.

1) Great call on the JoyG March 55. I bought when you said, then bought again on one of the dips. Booked 80+% profit. Made enough to pay for your service for years to come.

2) Also booked profits on your Berk Feb 74 (80%) and threw a major chunk of change at the March 75’s (190+%). I would have never known that Buffet's stock had split if it weren’t for your service. Bought the shares also for the long haul. Won’t look at them for another 20 years. Great job on getting us in before the indexes did.

3) Took profit on your Imax March 12.5. 20 cent trailing stop at 1.90 yesterday. Not sure what the profit on that was, but profit is profit.

I see that you took a loss on some of these. It’s all good. I look to trade your “ideas” not your exact calls. I THANK YOU! For your ideas and commentary. Keep up the good work. And keep those ideas coming.

C.J.
Loving this subscription so far! I got into the BRK feb 76 calls the day you talked about right before the split...now up over 300% (0.70 to 2.475)! Keep the good picks coming and let's see some OSIS and EMC upside soon! Just wanted to share my positive enthusiasm on your newsletter...it gives us individual investors great ideas on not only the options market, but also the broader equity market! Case in point is BRK...I can't always read the breaking business news but its easy to read your twice daily updates on my smartphone...helped me get some BRK shares immediately after the split which I will hold for the long haul! Thanks again!

SHAUN
Aloha Rick - Thank you so much for the great CL pick. I am not sure if there was buy-out/merger news or what but at 3PM today Colgate-Palmolive absolutely EXPLODED to the upside, and my calls turned into green candy when they went from 1.40 to 3.8 in a matter of seconds! I even sold a few for over 4.0! Much thanks and keep the solid picks up my friend, honestly. Only a fool would scoff at 267% gains... Peace!

MICHAEL K.
I like the fact that you ask for comments from subscribers. Good customer service. By the way, am enjoying the service so far. Some good
profitable calls. Keep up the good work.

PARAG P.
Woo hoo! Out for 50% on WMT this am. Making up for my depression for getting out of pcln for a 30% gain monday :( you the man! any word on the manual? My friend Mike ( who I sent to your service) told me he emailed you about your integrity in reporting fills. I echo that sentiment big time.. keep it up! Cheers!

JAY P.
Hi Rick, as a new member all I can say is, 'show off' LOL, with PCLN.

MIKE
Rick, I am a new subscriber to your service, and I want to say I am impressed. I am impressed by your results, but more than that I am impressed by your reporting of your fills. You could have easily said you got that Wal-Mart call today for 80 cents, instead you reported 98 cents! Good job and keep it up, I watched the reporting of the fills first, and then I subscribed. Thank You.

TRISH D.
Hi, good morning. I jumped the gun a little on this one (PCLN). But still made $1,675.00 profit!! Very happy!! Keep up the good work!! Thanks.

MIN L.
Hi there, I have joined recently, and I am very happy to tell you that I am up over $10,000 on your picks in a month. I started on 10/7 with the Intel pick. I'll be your member for life. Please don't quit on us. Also, I am learning a lot about options. I didn’t get in your recent APOL and that gold trade and only had one loss on CHK. I appreciate all the DD you do. I enjoy your market commentaries. Best advice site period, and I have tried a few here and there. Again, you guys rock!

JOE G.
Thanks be to Momentum Options Trading for providing me with some fantastic wins. I just started with this service and am up nearly 50% in less than a month. There have been losses, but if I manage them properly, I will continue the best efforts given on the blog (in which there are no complaints). What a great cause for humanity. I feel more confident about my trades and continue to play the wins. Best of all, I am now keeping my regular paychecks in the bank! Thank you!

GREG F.
Rick - I wanted to say thanks for getting me started on the right foot with your service. I have made six trades since starting on October 22, 2009. Five are winners and One loser netting me $6,245. Thanks again and keep the trade recommendations coming.

NOEL
I got into the Nike 60 Call at 1.85, sold at 5.00, also bought a 55 put at 1.05, but got stopped out at .35. What a ride! $2830.00 in the black even with the put. It's right at 100% return. I hope earnings season coming up is going to look like this trade.

TODD F.
Nice call on Nike. I think I'll go buy a pair with my profits! : ) I did the straddle for safety but still made 62% on the trade. Not bad for less than 24 hours. If Goldman is right, then the Nov 70s or 75's could be a steal today.

PAUL H.
What a sweet way to get introduced to Momentum. My first trade based on your picks and it a 2X. Thank you!

NOEL
“Limit order was set at 1.60 on RIMM so it sold. I may have left some money on the table but you can't go broke making a profit. That was a fun trade. Thank you. Good call. I’ve been watching and trading Rick's advice since March. It’s usually a fun ride, but I give him heck when it's wrong to. :) ”

CHRISTIAN
“Your service rocks! I made bank on Dendreon last week! The other thing I have to say is that it took me quite a while to find a REAL options trading service like yours. Most of what’s out there is 99% scam and very sketchy. Momentum Options Trading is the first service I found that I can trust and seriously make money with.”

JOHN
“I made $420.00 on ANF in 2 days. Thanks for the trade and updates on getting out of the trade.”

CHARLES M.
“I did follow a lot of your trades with 1-2 contracts per trade and YTD I’m up 108%. I try not to follow blindly by not entering all of your trades and sometimes entering the ones you don’t. I entered AIG a few weeks ago against recommendation – that one hurt.”

BRYAN C.
“I have been following you for several months and am interested in the new service. I hate to see the free service go away but as they say, “all good things must come to an end”. My ability to join will be greatly influenced by the monthly fee so I’m very curious to see the new prices. Thanks for making April a great month for me and my family.”

JOHN H.
“I have really enjoyed the past month since finding your blog. You have made some great calls. I would appreciate info. on the new options mentoring program. Thanks.”

JEFFREY
“Hi Rick, I have been following your blog for several months now and I would like to be including on the list for your new service and to receive more information about it. And yes I was a Dendreon winner with your tips. Turned $280 into $7700, and literally saved my butt.”

ED
“I made over 6k on your Dendreon trade, and I’m very interested in learning how you pick and trade options. Sign me up.”

GREG
“Rick – Wow what a day! I got in at the Dendreon calls at $2.25. Thanks to for your advice. I appreciate that. This company has a lock on this type of therapy and no one else in the world is close. Kind of reminds me of the type of companies that Peter Lynch and Warren Buffet suggest that investments be made in. Companies that can build a moat around their business model, that allows them to charge a premium for their product or service. In other words - a monopoly.”

KEN
“Hi Rick, Thank you so much for the Dendreon trade, I made almost $10,000 with that trade with a little over $2,000 investment. You have shown me the power of options trading. Again, thank you so much for all your inputs.”

GARETT
“Hi Rick, thanks for the encouragement to play the dendreon calls! did freaking great! Got in the first lot at $1.44 on 3-24-09, sold at $2.45, 70% not bad. Bought it back at $2.30 on 4-7-09 closed out on 4-14-09 for 454% gain! Wow! I love it when that happens. So, thanks the encouragement to get back in when others were saying sell, sell, sell. Keep up the good work.”

TERENCE
“Rick – Thanks for Dendreon – it has made all the headlines today! I missed on RIMM earlier, but I’ve been holding onto DNDN calls since 3rd week March. Of course today it all paid off today, as DNDN rocketed up.”

Jan. 31 2012
Rick, new member...Studied all current trades, did some chart work,picked ZNGA, PEP, MGM...Sold on Feb. 2 for $3600.00 profit...Cost for 1-year membership to your newsletter was less than $1000.00..All I have to say..Thank you. John H –

3/18/11
Rick, I purchased 10 contracts of the Nike March 85 puts Thursday afternoon for $2.00. Thing is, I was upset because the puts went down to $1.60 or so before the market closed. Well, needless to say Nike didn’t impress Wall Street and when I turned on the computer this morning the puts were worth $7.10! Sold them for a $5,100 profit!. Thanks again, you are the MAN. Chuck J-

2/3/12
Hi Rick,

I will start off with a thank you for your time and dedication to all
the research you and your team commit yourself to. This is not me just being excited about the profits I have accumulated aka (bank) ! You have helped me get back to the passion I had of researching stocks/options. Keith N-

Hi Rick,

I want to share my great results on GMCR. Based on your comments on February 15th, I bought 20 options at $0.28. They closed today at $7.00, which is a 2,300% gain. My $560 dollars turned into $14,000 in less than a month. In decades of trading, this is my single best trade ever. Thank you! By the way, the Dow was down 228 points today and I could care less. What a great trade. It proves the amazing power of options. I am so grateful for your service, which calls it straight all the time, your options trading manual, and most of all, your amazing skill
at finding winning trades. I have attached a copy of the trade from
my brokerage screen.

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Make or Break Week for Bulls

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